Looking for a complete introduction to Australian Aboriginal Mythology in just a few minutes? You’ve come to the right place! Read on ! The mythology of the aboriginal peoples and its religious significance is built around three components. Thus myth is always localized: knowledge and control of a mythic episode, and the ritual and artistic complex that accompanies […]
Looking for a complete introduction to Vampire in the mythology in just a few minutes? You’ve come to the right place! Read on ! The vampire is one of the most common creatures in fantasy literature. He holds an important place in fantasy culture and has become a creature very well known by the general public. Like all […]
The Korean Mythology transmitted orally come mainly from the shamanic tradition. Since ancient times, this tradition has always been very present in Korea. The Korean Mythology is not the reflection of the Chinese mythology even if some deities are part of it. The structure of the stories, their characters and their themes are remnants of […]
Looking for a complete introduction to Babylonian mythology & Religion in just a few minutes? You’ve come to the right place! Read on ! The Assyro-Babylonian religion Beliefs and rituals in Mesopotamia In spite of the name which one agreed to give to it, the Babylonian mythology religion goes back, in its origins and in its constitution, to […]
Looking for a complete introduction to Mayan Mythology in just a few minutes? You’ve come to the right place! Read on ! Most historians believe that the Maya are the descendants of the Olmecs, from whom a group broke away around 1500 BC and then came to settle in the Yucatán. Gradually they occupied the entire Yucatán peninsula […]
Looking for a complete introduction to Maori Mythology in just a few minutes? You’ve come to the right place! Read on ! An ancient people, the Maoris are guided by a set of rules, beliefs and myths. Complex and full of legends, Maori mythology personifies the elements to which the tribes still refer today. Each component of […]
Looking for a complete introduction to Anglo-saxon mythology in just a few minutes? You’ve come to the right place! Read on ! The beliefs of the Germanic peoples who settled in England from the 5th century onwards did not survive the Christianization of the country (7th century), and very few traces of Anglo-Saxon paganism remain. Anglo-Saxon mythology […]
Looking for a complete introduction to African mythology in just a few minutes? You’ve come to the right place! Read on ! The whole northern edge of Africa was more or less integrated into the zone of influence of the great civilizations of antiquity: the Mediterranean shores of the continent were well known. Then the Arabs acquired […]
Looking for a complete introduction to Roman mythology in just a few minutes? You’ve come to the right place! Read on ! Creatures are not there to feed us and delight our senses; all primitive mythologies knew this well, which gave them metaphorical meaning; and, in so doing, they justified creation in a much deeper […]
With its remarkable stories and mystical creatures, Japanese mythology is one of the most fascinating in the world. Japanese mythology is a collection of beliefs and myths about deities belonging to the Japanese people. It comes from Shintoism and originated in the Kojiki, a collection of ancestral myths and the oldest text written in Japanese. […]